EXTOD Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: delivered by EXTOD and organised by SBK Events. This unique forum was created to provide interactive tools, clinical cases, shared learning and problem/solution-based tasks for adults who exercise regularly and would like support with managing their diabetes.
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Case study led workshops, practical learning and useful resources
Delivered by EXTOD, this one day event is designed for individuals with T1D who are looking to manage their exercise choices confidently and safely.
This dedicated day will equp all participants with practical tools and techniques needed to overcome diabetes and exercise challenges.
With a programme packed with useful information, you will benefit from insights on:
- Understanding the effects of different types of exercise on blood glucose levels
- Applying the rule of threes for managing glucose around exercise
- Optimising on the tips and tricks with nutrition and exercise
- Identifying how your diabetes technology will support your exercise safely
- Practical engagement with the strategies to plan for exercise
This engaging and welcoming environment will give you the opportunity to pose your questions to the experts, plus will enable you to benefit from useful discussions and group learning.
Here is how you can attend
The agenda for this insightful conference is currently being extensively researched and developed. If you would like to receive the agenda once it is confirmed please use the reserve place button above, we will then send you the agenda and speaker line-up.
Alternatively, you are able to make a confirmed booking using the book place button above.
The price to attend this conference is £48 including VAT.
We expect this conference will be very popular and so if you are planning on attending, we would encourage you to book or reserve a place as soon as possible. If you have any questions about attendance please email sophie.richardson@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
Here are just a selection of comments from 2024 attendees
With thanks to Breakthrough T1D for supporting this educational conference:
Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes charity, works every day to
help people live better with the condition, prevent people ever
developing it and one day, find cures.
We are currently in the process of developing the full agenda for 2025 alongside the EXTOD faculty.
To be the first to receive the programme when it is completed, please reserve a place using the button above.
EXTOD Faculty
Evidence based content delivered by members of the EXTOD faculty, plus additional speakers who are all experts in T1D and exercise:
Giorgio Carrieri
Lead Nurse, Children's Diabetes Team
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Claire Foster
Diabetes Dietitian
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Barbara Hudson
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Diabetes
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Manyee Li
Specialist Diabetes Dietitian
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Andrea Miller
Diabetes Dietitian
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Dr Matt Cocks
Exercise Physiology Lecturer
Liverpool John Moores University
John Pemberton
Diabetes Dietitian
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Past attendee feedback
Exercise for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) was set up in 2011, and regularly provides structured education programmes to support safe exercise for people with Type 1 diabetes. This bespoke education series has been well received by both Healthcare Professionals, adults with T1D and carers. Here are just a few quotes from HCPs who experienced the 2023 and 2024 conferences held in Oxford and Bristol:
Upcoming Courses:
These events are delivered by EXTOD, organised by SBK Events with full details available to view on the Diabetes National Networking Forums website.
EXTOD Healthcare Professionals Regional Conference
Friday 9th May 2025, Village London Watford
This one day forum has been created to equip Diabetologists, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Dietitians and Paediatricians with the knowledge, inspiration, and practical understanding to support T1D patients who exercise.
EXTOD Healthcare Professionals National Conference
Monday 24th November and Tuesday 25th November, Hilton Liverpool City Centre
A two-day national conference for Diabetes Healthcare Professionals: Hear from experts in the field, network with your peers and benefit from real world lived-experience presentations
Why sponsor?
Our role at SBK Events is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing diabetes delivery forums offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Interested in having your own event, managed by us?
SBK Events also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-events.co.uk
Supported by:
SBK Healthcare would like to thank Breakthrough T1D for their continued support.
Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes charity, works every day to help people live better with the condition, prevent people ever developing it and one day, find cures.
Recommended levels of activity
Shown below is the recommended levels of activity for adult, children and pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes.
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How active are people with Type 1 DM
Most
studies of physical activity (PA) levels in adults with Type 1 diabetes
have been based on self-reported data rather than objective data. They
all suggest that people with Type 1 diabetes are not very active.
Self-reported studies
- A retrospective analysis of the Diabetes and Complications Trial found 19% of (271/1441) participants were not achieving recommended PA levels (see - Effects of physical activity on the development and progression of microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes: retrospective analysis of the DCCT study).
- In the EURODIAB prospective cohort study of 2185 people with Type 1 diabetes from 16 European countries, 786 (36%) patients were doing no or only mild PA (see - Association of physical activity with all-cause mortality and incident and prevalent cardiovascular disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study).
- In the Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study, 23% of people with Type 1 diabetes were classed as sedentary and a further 21% were doing less than one session of exercise per week. (see - Physical Activity and Diabetes Complications in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. The Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy (FinnDiane) Study).
- In a cross sectional study of 18028 patients with Type 1 diabetes in Germany and Austria 63% of participants reported doing no regular PA (see - Impact of Physical Activity on Glycemic Control and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Multicenter Study of 18,028 Patients).
Objectively measured PA
- In a Canadian study of adults with Type 1 diabetes only 43% of women and 55% of men with Type 1 diabetes were active (see - Physical activity level and body composition among adults with Type 1 diabetes).
- In a UK study of adults with Type 1 diabetes, adults with Type 1 diabetes undertook 37 mins per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity compared to 52.9 mins per day in healthy matched controls. (see - Objective Measurement of Physical Activity in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes and Healthy Individuals).
The reasons for the reduced level of physical activity could be due to that additional barriers that people with Type 1 diabetes have to physical activity.
Patients with Type 1 diabetes have many barriers to exercise that are similar to the general populations such as
- Lack of time
- Work pressures
- Bad weather
- Cost
- Lack of motivation
But there are certain barriers that are specific to them, see table below.
Table showing barriers to physical activity in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
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To be able to increase activity these barriers will have to be overcome.
For more information on this subject see
- Brazeau A.S et al paper (Barriers to Physical Activity Among Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(11):2108-9).
- Dubé MC et al paper (Development and validation of a new scale. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2006;72(1):20-7).
- Lascar N et al paper (Attitudes and Barriers to Exercise in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM) and How Best to Address Them: A Qualitative Study).
- Kennedy A et al paper (Attitudes and barriers to exercise in adults with a recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study of participants in the Exercise for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) study).